Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 40, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1850 — Page 2

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Besides a number of single subscribers, (a receipt of the paper by whom will be a sufficient acknowledgment of having received their letters and remittances.) we have this week to acknowledge our obligations to our friend E. E., of Alexandria., Madison county, for a club of ten; to W. D. R., Moscow; to J. Q. D., G os port, for ten; (yoar request will be attended to. Eds.) A. Y. M. Metamora. Your letter with, three subscribers, misdirected to the Journal, has been handed to us by the editor, and due entries made of the same. We have some letters relative to the Journal and its price, which we shall notice in our next. The State Sentinel seems to have more correspondents upon subjects connected with calling a Convention to amend our State Constitution, than any of our exchanges. This is very right, for every question should be fretly and fully discussed, that we may have the best Constitution in the Union. We wish we could induce more gentlemen in this quarter ,to turn their attention to such thinrs. If they let things go by default and the Constitution should bo very objectionable, they would then have no right to complain. Why don't yoa write ! Wabath Express. ftrWe have on hand at least an hundred columns of matter relative to the Constitution, and every day we are accumulating more, both original and selected. We shall present this matter to our readers as rapidly as we can, without excluding other matter of general interest, which it is necessary to pub-" lieh to keep up with the general progress of things, moral, social and political. Many people eeem to think it a very easy thing to fix the abstract propositions necessary to a Constitution, and nppirently overlook the fact, that a single sentence, may be of infinite consequence, when we come tolegislate under it. For this reason it is neceeojry to discuss every proposition in detail, so that it full bearing and effect may be appreciated. Something has been said about the legislative Assembly, and yet the subject is not half exhausted. The Banking queetiou has been hardly alluded to, except by the Lafayette papers, and by our correspondent "Switzerland." Nothing radical has been said ahut the administration of the though we Suspect, from what a correspondent of the Express says, tint a few "smell a rat." By the way, this correspondent seems to think that the Convention has Lot n right to make a new Constitution, but only to half-sole and heel-lap the old one, according to terms prescribed by ac; of the General Assembly I Has he read what our correspon dent "S." (of the judiciary department,) has said touching the powers of the Convention ! What is the difference between "amending" and "making anew V It would puzzle a Philadelphia, if not a Terre Haute lawyer, to tell ! The Convention will have power to uproot, overturn and construct just as they please, and if a majority of the people afterwards approve of the result of their labor, whether it be good or bad, the supreme law of the Sate will be established. There is but one limit and only one, the requisition of some sort of republicanism, as prescribed, very indefinitely by the Constitution of the United States. The Convention might, if it pleased, amend our constitution by adopting the old Royal Charter of Rhode Island, which led to the Dorr Rebellion, as the whigs consider it to this day ! This cannot successfully be disputed, and it shows the necessity, of which our Whig friend of the Express seems to be conscious, that every important measure should be thoroughly discussed beforehand. This, not only that the right may be established, but as a measure of prudence- and aound policy, so that we may escape the bad fix which has overtaken the Kentuckians, who are now, to a very considerable extent proposing to repudiate a new constitution made in haste, to be repented of at leisure, or to be rejected es an abortion. The city charter of Indianapolis has been so amended, that no one is permitted to vote except he has paid "a corporate tax for the next year preceding his vote." Wabash Express. And we suppose that not twenty-five citizens of Indianapolis are aware of the above fact. The truth is, that under past legislative rules, a shrewd man could get almost any law passed which pleased him. We know very well, that we have scribbled several good lares in oar counting room, which, handed to the right kind of member, we had no difficulty in running t'irough. All these "were good, in our opinion ; if we lad oA been very honest, we might perhaps have had bad laws passed just as easily. Is this telling tales out of school! We don't know, or da we care. The Constitution should fix things so that laws should not be passed without due deliberation. We shall recur to this subject again In good time. . r Tic re Island The Fa. Ledger's Washington wr'. tr learns "that Tigre Island is going tobe surrendered first by England to the United States, and then by the United States to Honduras, as if Tigre Island were a pocket-book which Honduras had dropped, and the United States picked op, "without the knowledge and permission of the Eritish justiee-of-the-peace, who, havicg possessed himself of the stolen article returns it to tlfc thief, and orderi him to restore it to its law. ful owner. This, some writers in Mr., Clayton's employ call atraight for ward diplomacy; this is a miser. ' able attempt to save appearances, while he Mein to he qjits ready to sacrifice tht substancs of things."

For He Statt Sentinel. The A'cw Constitution. No. VII. It it hot denied that all the questions thai belong to the adoption of a new Constitution are important; but soma of them are t,f more importance than others. As previously stated, there will be but little difference of opinion about some questions, while others will be warmly discussed and contested. Among the latter will be the qijeationa ol Banking, the Judiciary, the powers to be given or withheld from Iba Legislatur, the raising and disbursing the Stale finances, arid tha Common Schools. Upon the subject of Banking, as be Tore remarked, there will be a very great diversity of opinion, and much feeling; arrd, probably, three parties, at least. Una party, and by .no means a small one, will ba opposed to all banks of circulation ; another party will be in favor of a well guarded system of banking, and a third party, headed by all the preient banking interests of the State, will make " a lng pull, a strong pull, and a pull altogether ," for the present system, with alt its facilities for abuses, injustice, and swindling. The writer of this article believes all banks of circulation to ba evils; and were the question left tu his aingla vote, would prohibit them. But in the present stale of things, being in doubt about the opinions ol a majority of the voters on the subject, ha would support a well digested free banking system, to be submitted to tha peo pie. The sj stem should secure the bill holders beyond the possibility of loss ; and it should ba general, so ss to require no special charters, or legislation of any sort, to suable any person or persons complying with its requisitions, to establish banks and exercise banking powers. In my neat I propose to examine soma of tha injustice and evil workings of the present system. SWITZERLAND. Gen. Laue Whig vs. Whig. "We notice from several of our exchanges that tha onterrified democracy of Indiarra are outline lorlh their utmost energy to impress it upon the minds of the good people of our Stale, that Gen. Lane, present Governor of Oregon Territory, is just tha tnu to ba the candidal of their party, for the Presidency in 1352. Why tha people of this, or any other State should countenance the idea of placing Gen. Lana in nomination before the American people, for election to the highest official station within their gift, is more than wa are able to conjecture. Certain it is, that there are persons connected with that party, who are possessed of mora ample qualifications and an equal amount of political integrity, whose nomination and election might be creditable to the party, or perhaps, to the whole people. "The only reason which we can assign for this step nn the part of our democratic friends, is that of rendering their candidate available whether he is qualified to hold the reins of government, and discharge the duties of Chief Magintrnte to the satisfaction of l lie whole people, or not." Delphi Herald, Whig. This from one whig now hear another: "Though we do not politically sympathise with this movement, yet wa would be pleased to see the nomination of the party conferred upon General Lane. The north-western States now compose an important part of the Union, and Indiana is the second State in the northwest. It is thereiore duu to the interests of this important section of the Union, that her claims to a just share of the honors and patronage of the government be urged by the members of both parties. We are therefor disposed to view this movement as an effort to present tha claims of the north-west, and of Indian in pellicular, to the Presidential mansion, and so far as the procuring of the nomination is concerned, which is all tha meeting proposes, we wish it abundant success. "Regarding General Lnne and his qualifications, we have but little to say. If he should procure the nomination, we expect to oppose his election. By his acta during the Mexican war, he has done honor to himself and his State; and what fame he his we are disposed to claim and guard, as the heritage of the State. IIa is a man of decided ability and will not dishonor any station to which ho may be called. Though he is a bitter partisan, (as his letter written on hi departure, for Oregon f troves,) yet wa would be pleased to see his nomination or the coming race, when we eipect to pat forth a candidate by whom the General will think it an honor to be beaten. PerrysvilU Eagle, Whig. It eema that General Lane is well pleased with the Oregon country and can make money there. This being the case, his friends in this State, will certainly do him great injustice if they brine him back to run for tho office of President of the United Slates a station to which be can never attain and one which he is totally incompetent to fill. We take the Genet al to be a man of too much pood common sense to

suffer himself to be made a tool of by a few indiscreet, woak-minded and designing political friends. Salem Xeics. Oil ! Oh ! very rich to come from one who supported Taylor, the most ignorant and incompetent man who has ever sat, or who probably ever will sit, in the Presidential chair ! "Too much sense," Gen. Lane has, has he, to be made a tool of J" Well, that's a great deal more than can be said of Taylor. He is nothing but a tool, and depends altogether upon his advisers, without regard to the "rest of mankind." It is something in Gen. Lane's favor, that even his enemies give him credit for "good common sense." Take one of our "old hats," at present, Mr. Deal ! The Grand Juht Svstem. "P." in the Indiana State Sentinel of the 23d inst. is advocating the abolition of the Grand Jury System, by the Convention, to revise the Constitution which is to meet in Oct., next. If he had been acquainted with the Constitution of the United States the trouble of writing such an article might here been saved. A part of the 5th section in the Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, reads as follows: "No person shall he held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment by a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger." The convention cannot abolish the Grand Jury system, without depriving the State of the power to puniah criminals, which it is hoped friend P. will not advocaie. Richmond Palladium. The dogmatism of the Whig editors of Wayno county, is a little amusing. What has our friend "P." to say in answer to the Palladium J ft"A Washington correspondent of the N. Y. Tribune, thus prefaces a long exposure of the corruption of the Whig administration ; "The Government that has succeeded Polk and Marcy, do not show a disposition to be more frugal with the money of tho country than their predecessors. Patronage is their northern arm of power." This is a pretty honest confession to come from a whig, and is a fine commentary upon the pretended "honesty" of Taylor and his supporters. "Patronage is their northern arm of power," yes, and slavery their southern arm. Credit the Tribune with the uiicutisciou uttersnce of one truth ! Counterfeit Monet. The Treasurer of Ohio has made a statement to the Legislature, by which it appears that there arc over twenty-two thousand dol. lara of counterfeit paper money in the Treasury, which had been . received fur taxes and dues to the State. The bursting of some of the banks in which were State deposits, has added further to th losses of the State. We regret that the loss of the State has nut beeu ten times as great. In that case a remedy might have been demanded by the people. OCrThe Ruehville Jacksonian has been enlarged by its new editor, -Mr. Hargitt. and now ranks among the best looking papers of the State. We hope the enterprise of Mr. II. will be amply rewarded. O-We shall endeavor t publish the speech of Dr. Fitch, on the slave question, in our next. It is creditable alike to the author and to this Slate. 0"The post ofEce at Wheeling, Va., was robbed a few day since of a large number of letters and packages. The aura lost, in money, drafts, &c, it upwards of ten thousand dollars. O Whig-gery I "" 111 aaaMaaMawai t Another Editoj: in Congress. Col. J. W. Jackson, who has been elected to Congress, tor-fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Hoa. Tho. Butler King, is te of tho Editors of the Satannah Georgian.

From the Advocate of Progression, Whitehall, A". Y. The Western Poetess. To m there ore many pleasing associations con

nected with the West. In happy childhood days we roomed its wildwood haunts and traversed the banks of its nieandering brooks in quest of sport and recreation ; and now that manhood has Bti cn o'er us. and distance placed a barrier between those 1 vcd grounds and our present enjoyment, we take pleasure in noting the gradual swell of western thought. Literary minds are not alone confined tt the East. Now and ihr- a thrifty mental germ merges into existence in the far-off regions of sundown whose intellectual odors savor of a sweetness rare and unusual. Hut 6cldom have we met with one possessed of natural talrnts equal to th-se of Mrs. SakaII T. Bolton, of Indianapolis, Indiana, who probably possess es more poetic taste and genius than many authors who have attained to a much more extended reputa tion. With her advantages few indeed would have arrived to tho position she now occupies in the literary world. An an example of her beautiful diction, simplicity and purity of thought, we offer the following fugitive gem from her numerous equally beautiful productions : The Flower and the Starlight. From its home oa high, to a gentle fljwtr, That UoomeJ iu a lonely grove. Tbe starlight time, at the twilight hour, And whipeird a tale of lure. Then the blossom's heart, so still and cold. Grew warm to its silent coie. And (tats out eifumr, fioni its iumosl fold, It never exhaled before. And the b'os-om slept, thio ihe summer night, In the smile of the angel isy, Dut (he morn aicxe with its gat iah light, And the soft ooe stole away. Thrn the zephyr wooed, a be wandered by Wbeie the gentle fljwret grew. But she pave no herd I its plaintive sigh Her ücait to its love was tiue. And the sunbeam came, with a lover's ait. To caress the fl vei in vain She folded her twee's in her thiilii-'g heait Till (be slailtghl cams again. Here is beauty and originality combined. None, we believe, can become familiar with Mrs. Bolton's talents without acknowledging their superiority. If modern authors generally possessed such winning gifts, tbe burds of yore would lose much of their hold jn the affections of the present generation. II. .tThe Cincinnati Enquirer shows up the dirty work of a Northern Whig Doughfico, as follows. What such a self-inflated humbtigger as Solon RobinSon may say, or the slanders he may utter against the north, while endeavoring to gull Southerners out of their immny, :f that is the end he has in view, is of no consequence further, than as it may tend to mislead and prejudice the Suth against the North. It is well that ihr course of the gentleman should be understood at home, sm that he may win a duo meas ure of public contempt. A Whig Trick. One Solon Robinson, who is travelling through the Southern States, soliciting subscriptions for Bonie work in w hich he 11 interested, is addressing letters through the Charleston (S. C.) Mer cury, to his Northern Brethren," on the folly -f heir opposition to the further extension of slavery. The Morristown Jerseyman (Whig) refers to these letters and apeaks of them as being addressed by RobInbox to his Northern Democratic Brethren. We have an indistinct recollection that one Solon Robin bon was, during the last Presidential election, an oc visional correspondent (from Indiana) of the Gazelle of this city, and in his letters went it strong fori at lor and Fillmore. Our neighbor will correct us if we are wrong. We believe we are right in saying that Robinson is a lug", and " nothini; shorter. Mr. Robinson then instead of addressing h'n Democratic Brethren, must he addressing his Whijr Brethren of the North. Such being the case, and the Jerstyman have drawn an im eginary picture of the Democrats, we advise it to revise the following part of it and make the appropriate correction, by making his Whig friends occupy the position it has assumed for Democrats. Solon Robinson, a writer of much merit, puts a few questions to his ' Northern Democratic Brethren' through the columns or the Charleston Mercury, which they wil never answer correctly. His greatest inquiry is : " They have no star longer to guide them but office. Having abandoned their old Jacksonian principles, they are wan daring about like sheep without a shepherd, and as a last resort to retrieve their loss of office, they throw up their csps and shout 'down with Southern slavery ileal tha negroes from their masters and bring them here where they can enjoy freedom if thai cannot be dona, compel these Southern nabobs to set them free, when they can run riot and destroy tha property of the whites, and reenact the enormities of St. Domingo. Plank Roads. Papers from all parts of the State contain accounts of movements of the people in fa vor of plank roads. We are glad to aee the people wide awake on a subject of such great interest to all The Parke County Whig of the 1st, is nearly filled with matter of this kind. At a meeting held at Port land Mills, the Indianapolis and Springfield, 111 Plank Road Company was organized, and effective steps taken for speedy operations. At a meeting in Rockville on Monday more than twenty-two thousand dollars was subscribed, as a beginning. Well done Parke! Putnam and Hendricks will next move, and they will look to Marion for aid. Can we do anything? We hope so. OrWill Henry county do any thing towards fillup the gap in the Central Plank Road between Hancock and Wayne. They will find it more profitable than to fool away time on any rail rond project. There are now twelve mills cutting lumber for the road outside of Henry. Will they wake up over there ! . (K7"We refer the reader to a Washington letter, touching the speech of Col. William 11. Bisjell, of Illinois. We have read the whole of it. as reported in tbe Washington Globe, and shall publish it in full as soon as we can. We thank Mr. B. most profoundly, not only for his noble vindication of the north against the assaults of the Disunionists, but especially as an Indianian, for his generous vindication of the Indiana volunteers at Buena Vista. When our people come to read his speech, they will feel as much admiration and gratitude towards him as we now do. QyGeneral Cass, in a late speech, said that before he penned the Nicholson letter, he had a conversation with Judge McLean, who concurred ivith him in opinion, that the Wilmot Proviso is unconstitutional. "What does our neighbor of the State Journal say to this 1 When Cars was a candidate, and while Benton in Missouri was denouncing "goat's wool," our neighbor was very solicitous about the Wilmot proviso. Was he sincere then, or has Mr. Clay converted him ! He can change front very easily, and so can most whigs. Another MemokTal to Congress. A merr.-irial to Congress is now in circulation in Philadelphia, praying Congress to graut a fee simple right to Tigre Iebud, in the Pacific ocean, to all such persons who are dissatisfied with the Union. -They are to take all the rogues now in the penitentiary and almshouses with them. The Sun says that the memorial is being numerously signed. Wayne County. The Cambridge Reveille of the 2d inst., states that it is informed that the Commissioners of Wayne county have resolved to subscribe $100.000 in ths Terre Haute and Richmond Rrilroad, to be expended within the limits of the county. (t-Mrs. Fgg will give another concert this eve-' ning which is understood to be the last. We hope she wiil have a large audience, for we are asrured that she is In all respects deserving of a liberal patronage. Ohio. The Legislature, on the 25th, elected Henry W. King (free soiler.) Secretary of State, on the 6th ballot. Bliss, whig, was re-elected Treasurer. .Q . Dissolution or the Union. There are 48 suits for divorce, pending before a single court in Boston !

Congressional. Washington, Feb. 23, 1S50. Senate. Mr. Bell spoko on a series of resolutions 'IlVred, crenting a new slave State out of a portion of TYxb. He thought that would satisfy the South, and ho the end of elayry extension. He poke in fav.ir of admitting California with her present boundary. His speech was moderate throughout. The resolutions were laid on the table and ordered to be printed. It was hero stated that Mr. C lhoun 18 Still weak. He has written his reply to Mr. Clay's resolutions, and it will he rcid on Monday. Mr. Clay's relti;iotis wre then taken up. Mr. Rtitfk resumed and concluded his sech. He took Southern grounds and opposed the Wilinot Proviso. The Seuate then adjourned, with the understanding that to-morrow he spent in Executive S"Sion. House.- Mr. Do'.y's resolutions for the admission of California into the Union with her present Constitution, were ordered to be printed The Bill ordering the Secretary of the Navy to purchase American Water-rotted Hemp alone, for the uec of Ihe Navy, when equal to Foieign, was discussed and passed over. The House then went into Committee of the Whole and took up the President's Ctlifurnia Message. The discussion was continued till adjournment. Mr. Parker recommended a conciliatory course. He hoped Northern and Southern gentlemen would become cemented in the bonds of friendship. It was the only way in which the exciting question could be legislated upon. Challenge. Washington, Feb. 2d. Some talk to-day of a challenge having passed beUveen Bissel and Brown of Miss. Can't ascertain positively. Jefferson Davis addressed a note by Mr. logo to Col. Bissel), asking if he said certain things in his speech about the Mississippi Regiment. Bissel replied by slating what he did say, and added that he

had no explanation to make. If any satisfaction was needed he referred to his friend Gen. Shields, for fur ther arrangements. TIIIItTY-rmVT CO.VCKESS. In Senate. Wa'hihoton, Wednesday, Feb. 15. The Senate returned the cotmideiatioo of the motion to teft-r ihe President's California message to the Committee on Tenitoiiet. The hdies having been admitted on the flior, Mr. Clem ent proceeded to addrets the Senate. - He expressed his tuipii.e at ihe fellow feeling which existed between Mestis. Benton and Cliy. He bad been taught to look for the lime hen the Lion and the Lamb shoolJ lie down together, but he had not expected to see the great Expunger and the great tmDoüinient htM sweet converge together, in view ri tnts sttange fact, he was ready soon to bilievt any mirarle, no mat'er how martelout. He then proceeded to di-cuss Mr. Cl- 'a lesolutiont, charging him, in the fi:st place, with having committed his own section, and pioposing to concede everything asked by Ihe North, giving to the South nothing in return but the ie-assertiun, in a less soli-ran form, of lights al eady goaianteed. He was opposed to tha admission of California with her pre 'en l Constitution. No one State had a light to come into tbe Unii-n except aa her sister States have come in. California muit, befoie being admitted like ber predecessors in the Union first show that her b .ond-un s have been preteubed and milked by law, aod thai there aie within tho.e boondalies a tuflkirnt number of inhabitants to entitle her to a ra tio of lepiesentation. This the has failed to do, do liw hit presciibed her boundaiies, the time, r-ltce and manner of holding elections or the qualification of her volet. A military Governor, acting under the dtiectiJin of the Presi dent of the United States, had usurped the power of ton gieas, and wotted a pn jert or fraud and ti ickcrv, unparalleled in any land. He pirferrcd the Wihnot Prnvisi lo this infamous scheme to tmuile a Stats into the Union. He much preferied the rotber who meets him oa the bizhway, and teils him lie mutt struggle for his life, 10 the niitnit;bt attas.in who lmkt behind tha coiner, and teekt to deptive him of his life io the daik. He referred to the Notthein newspaper denunciations againt his course, and said they shouM never deter him in what he believed be hit dut The Somh a-ked no compiomie, they had signed a Bond, and wrie willing to abide by it. If they weie to jield, piece by piece, all that the Bond tecurtd, u weie bi tter thai it be destioyeü entnrlr. He did not btlieve that war mutt follow dituninn, but if fraternal dicoid must mar the beauty of the land the reponibility woulJ leal not upon Ihote who defended their rights, but upon lhoe who end avored looulrsce Ihcm. In no event, however, wooll bloody pictures deter ihe So-jth from defending their lights, at eveiy baztid, In conclusion, Mr. C. gave notice that he w..uM take another occasion lo tpeak moie specifically to Mr. city's resolutions. Mi. Cats aubmitted a few rimaiki iu vindication of bit course, and in lenly to tnma animadversions which tbe Sen ator who preceded him had indulged in. He believed the Wilmot Piorio to be unconstitutional. He confeted that when the Wilmot Proviso was first proposed he would, with out deliberation, have-voted for it. When he wiote tha Nicholson letter, howevei, the question presented itself to his mind for a calm consideiatiou of tbe whole subject it was then that doubts arote in bit mind as to the constitu tionahty of tbe piovio, which iuvetligatiou strengthened and cocfiimed. Having ttktu counsel upon this matter, be bad laid down, m bis Nicholson, letter, foui roiots Fust That the Provito is unconstitutional. Second That Slavery does not cxUt in Mexico. Thud That it can never go theie. Fourth That the power of legislation upon this question is vested in the people of a leniloiy. Those were hit opin ions, and he wouM not sacufice them loan abttiactioo or speculation. Ile alluded, als, to the unfortunate poition id which Northern men who opposed the Proviso weia pleed. Tha Senator from Alabama, who had uoderiakeu to charge bim with inconsistency, and to denounce bit couite, had an easy task. Tbe South bad wrongs, it is tiue, but none which could justify a revolution, and none which a revolution could lectify. Tbey were under the influence of ex citement wilb leference to thtte wrong, and the Senator uttaied his sentiments hers under the influence of exci'emeut. These sentiment weie echoed by bis constituents the people at home supported bim he was a step ahead of Ihe foiemott upon this sgitaiing question, and wa iswsided with a p laute, and yet he undeilook to denounce Ihote who were defending tbe constitutions! lights of the people of the South, against a preuuis at boms. He Hudrd also to the language mads use of by Mr. Maon, in advocating Iii bil providing foi the recapture of fugitive alave that Seiiatoi -whils urging upon Northern men the justice of a measure wbich ba advocated, declared that it would do no good if past ed i that it would be woise than usless. Such expressions a these, such conduct on the pait of tbe Southern met drove Senatois from the IVoiiti in the wall. Mr. Mason, interposing, stiJ that hi lemaikt weie miun derstood. He bad said that theie was no hope, except in the l'Vtlty of the people that no law cool I ba made effective unlets the peorls rerogmz-i their constitutional obligation. Mi. Cass letumed Tbe gentleman, speech bad exhibited s tone of disappiobation thioogbout. Gentlemen had spen much time ia contideiing the evil which would icsult fiotn disunion, and calculating which section was to lose roost by such a ttep. He was sick of all that. That dissolution would pioduce unheaid-fif calamity, and be irreparably fatal to both sections, he was well awaie, and ready lo admit but he would call upon gentlemen to show him the first of good that was to flow from such a measure, and when tha was doDS he would listen to its dieiu.Mn with some tort o patience. Iu stoim of passion and fetling, all reason seemed lo bava beea discarded bat ha detireo now to speak ou plainly. He had been miiundrtstood heretofore, but it wat not hit fault, as if misunderstood heieafter, it should ba Tbe storm had passed over him and borne him down bo was bare for tbe last time, sod felt that under all lbs circumstances, he had a right to speak. Slavery was aa existing institution, for which ibis gtneiation wts not responsible, sod ba fell that Congress bad no control ovei it. This ha had alwsys believed, and held; but if a man did not believe, as he never did and never should, that Slavery was a blasted institution, wits, moial and politic, hs was denounced by certain Southern gentlemen as s fanatic. On the other band, if s Northern mau it not ready to put tha bayonet to tbe breatt of a Southern, lo fies ths negroes, and cairy drttiuction and detolaiion to iheir fire-tide tha was denounced as a "Noitbern Dough-face." It was thus thai tha ttoim patsed aver the Northern representatit as, and thus that they were broken down. Could not gentlemen tee tbat auch a course as this was uogeneiout as it was impolitic la couclusion, Mr. Cast said that when Mi. Clemens suggetted such s thing a a peaceable dutolutiou of the Uoi m, be talked of the wildest chimeia ever imagiued. He hoped that God would give to tbe councils of the cation more of tbe S i.it of justice, conciliation aod compromise, thai ths Union might be bound together gin, as wilb bands of iron. ' Mr. Clay rote to teply to one of ihe icmarks of lbs Senator fiom Alabama, Mr. Clemens. What right bad that Senator to animadvert upoo a conference held between the Senator from Mis.ouii, Mr. Bento, and him? It was very tree that for several yeait there did exitt other than tbe most eoidial feeling between him an I Mr. Benton that a system of oon-inteicuuise was established betweeu them, if gentletnvu pleated so to call iL Soma Ihiee year sgo tbey bad come together, having made peace with each other, as Mr. Clay wished he might be able to do with all the woild j but with leaped to intimation of any mutual deliberation and coutideiatiuti of measures piopoted to ba introduced, he had o say, that there was nothing of the kiudi he had never seen or heaid any thing in lelation lo the bill proposed and introduced by Mi. Benton, pioposing lo leduce the boandalies of Texas, until it wat biought into tha Senate. On ths other hand, Mr. Benton bad never seen, heard ui thought, so tar at he knew, of the eeiietof tetolulioos recently introduced by bim. What ibeu bad the Senator, who had denounced iheir ioteicourse, to go upon t Was be tu speculate ( upca ths object of that ptivate conference, sod to make such deductious as seemed to mm la Be piuper f ile bad no light so lo do, and the conclusion showed how iocunecl bis deductions were. He would 'epest that there was no iuisicbangs of opinion between him and Mr. Beutoo at all, iu relation is their iepective projects. It wat true, that at the time alluded to, tbey did Couveise together upon ths proper dispositions of subjects coming before ths Senate, but what right had others to attempt to place a consUuctioo apon iheir motive? li-t mutt piotest against submitting bis private iuteirourts to any inch test at that. Hs was, aod bad beea so deeply impressed, with a seuse of tbe awful dangeis which menace the existence of the Government, that if the ; Senator had beeu bis roost bitter enemy, aod had come lo ,iin ta consider the means best calculated to iskus tbe com. mos country fiom impending danger, he would have couocel-

led with binn, as with his friend, if by o doinz he might , tame time is the rrcj-m hone of Mi. Calhoun. CI EUe hoi e to sccompltib to detittble an end. Mi. CUy desired to j ended to a little opn.ar, when Mr. Wi. thip obtained the notice one or two other points to which the Senator had al fl wr and commenced blb..ting the Fiee Soil wii g on the lüde,!. He (Mr. Clay,) bad said, that in the admission of j other .ile. HedilitsccuaVr.it ertem, after all the arpiovCalifornia (hers was no concosiuu ftom either side: tiue, cd inlet of scientific tactics. Ile was to Bi-tel at the seitha Noith would get v hat the wanted; tut it w.'ulJ be farn ctilihc Scott to Ihe Rough J Ready TijI.-r. Koot sod

causes not under the control I Congress, and not Djr eonc slion. It had been said that, if received with her inhibition of slavery. Contes would be responsible for it. lie pioceeded lo show that ibit was not tre, but that if Congiett patted laws allowing the people of California lo fit me a constitution and eiect a State, Congress w.'uld then mote reasonably be held tetponsiUe fir any art deciJcd upon by tbe people, with lefcieuce to the iostituiim of slavery. lie had admitted that Ihere was tome incguUiity io the action taken by California ; hut was tbeie not g"od ground for excuse for this child, which, baling beeu abandoned by its natuial parent, had t dop ted the necessary messuies for her own protection, and now esme back again asking i neglect ful patent to leceive it into the family or S aUtr Nimilar iirrgulaiitits had been ovei locked in the cae of Michigan, notwithstanding the nrcettities of her ti'uttion were by no meant commensuiate with those of the people of the Pacific ihe former had a form of government, under which ahe bad existed and found peace and security for years the latter were without law or means of protection. A sentiment had been reiteialed in the Senate to-day, which he bad heaid alas! loo often, and which he never beard without a shudder. Tbe Senate was told that in a certain contingency, tbe South were to tage a specific course, legardlets of contequencet. Was that toe ? For one be knew of no condition in which man could be placed, either on the bouodlett prairies of the West, in Ihe midst of the howling winds and lashing fuiy of the ocean sioim.oi in the deliberative body none in which a mortal, taiional, accountable being, could take a step tegaidlesg of consequences. It was because be d it regard consequences the most impjitar.t, thai he wat led to make every effort in his power to aveit calamities a consequence fi aught with evil, not to bit country alone bul to the cause or humanity throughout the woild. Mr. Clemens replied that he had not expected lo hear Mr. Clay declare that it was right to do wrong. He had alwayt understood that the proper course was to do right, leaving the responsibility of ths act wherever it miht I ehng. It was io this view that he vindicated a cause legaidlrst ol consequences. The Senator lud aked what tight he had to comment upon hit course. He had the light which belonged to every fieemaa to remark upon the public acts of a public man, Mr. Clay, (interposing.) Ceitainly, but not upon my private intetcom-e Mr. Clement continued, at some length in vindication of his awn course. In leply to Mr. Cass, he sid that tbe eorttuction put by that gentlemen upon hit Nicholson letter, bad never beeu put upon it by bit own paity. In the State nau newer ueeu pui upon 11 oy nis own panr. in me oiaie of Alabama, a diatingui.hed gentleman (Mr. Yaney) was read j out of the Democratic party, because he put tbe construction upon ihe Nicholson letter which tbe Senator b.mtelf now gave it. Mr. Davit, of Miss., followed, denying that he had charged the Senator ftom Michigan with inconsistency. He bad always understood his Nicholson letter just a hs had now explained it, and upon that giound had iefued to support him, thus ioeuiring ihe censure of bis own political friends. Mr. Foote made some remarks in vindicaiisn of hit observations io relation to the intercourse between Mr. Benton and Mr. Clay. In the coarse of bis remaiks ha suggested to Mr. Clay that there was sometimes something in his demeanor, when excited in debate, which had the appeatance of menace. He also alluded to a speech made by that Senator, eleven years ago, io wbich he said thatceitain acta, if persisted io, would dissolve the Union, and dissolve it in blood. Mr. F went on at length with some persuual remuks npoo Mr. Clay, Mr. Seward and Mr. Fen ton. Mr. Cliy said a few woid in reply to Mr. Foote's rematkt about the io'ercoutte between him and Mr. Benton, and in the course f a few observations, suggested to him tbe impropriety of attempting to diaw deductions fiora such private inlcicouite. He reminded Mr. Foote Iht he himself this morning had come over to him, and held a long conversation with him, io lelation to the difficulties which concerned the s ffaiis of the countiy, and aked him whether it wonld not have, been unfair for tome Niihern man to have imputed to the Senator dishonorable motives in reeking that interview. It it an evil, a political and a-cial evtl. it is a wrong toward Ihote who aie the suffeieia iheteby, those weie bis opinions, but he quanelled with no tnan who thought other wise. In conclusion, he denied all ambitions piojecls, he stood, aa it weie. upon tbe brink of eternity, expecuog .00 n to go hence, and owed no responsibility which he was not pietaied to meet hne and befoie God. If lbs Senator fiom Mississippi chose to rail him an Abolitionist,- well and good; he would ooly say that it tbeie was any ane Mm iu tb community moie abused by the Abolitionists tlun another, it was he Mr. Cass (inleriupling) aid, that if Mr. Clay cliimed lo ir Mr. Clay cl.imed 10 unity, he must lake exbe the best abused man in the emm ception. (Laughter.) Mr. Clay fuiiher defended his resolutions.. He had honestly, in the sight of God, endea voted 10 . bring foiward a scheme of compromise for the purpose of keeping the Union together iu one family, with harmony and concoid. In suppolling that si heme, lie bat not forgotten lo tebuke the fanatics of the North for their couite, as well as to call upon the South not to persist la what would not bear tha scrutiny of icaton and judgment. It was enough for him that his plan of st 1 1 lernen t was rejected by ihe ul raists of both icrtioD. Mr. Butler followed in some exciting obseivati mt in relation to tha attempts heielofoie made to give California a government charging that it was not he South, but the North, which bad abandoned her without law and protection. Mr. Dodge, of Iowa defended himself as a Northern man, against the accusation of Mr. Butler, He, at a Northern man, with sesetal othert, had vo'ed continually, and until the last, in favor of the proposition which was intended to give laws and pio'ection to California. The gentleman from South Carolina was then ready to give to the Presideut, who hailed ftom the South, the authority, to spread over that country every clats of officers, but now, when the same Pictjdenl bad honestly done what seemed just and proper, charges weie made against him of usurpation, such chaiges as should impel ths Senator making them, if he believed them, to aeek the impeachment of Zacbaty Taj lor. He then alluded to tbe distiibution of political honors in California, and showed ml foicibly, that the people of the South had not only shaied them, but they had received neatly the whole of I hem. What then had the South to fear from the admismission of a Stale wbich bad shown aa strongly is paitialiiy fur them? After some additional conversation, the further consideiatiou of the subject was poatpeoed until Monday, and ihe Stoats, at s quaiter before five, adjourned. Correspondence of the Public Lrdger. Frona IVnshingtou. W ashikctoit Feb, 21, ISM. This was a gieat day in the House of Kepietentalives, while beyond a speech from Mr. Miller, of New Jeisey, pot Ling extraordinary was going nn ia the Senate. But Col. Bissel, of Illinois, and Mr. Winthrop, spoke io tbe House, both with the most elecliie effect. Col. Bitsel coTimeuced by a soi t of Tirailleur charge agaiost Ihe southern skirmishers; but soon deplored large masses on bit tight and left wing, which served tosuppoithi heavy aitileiy stationed in tha centre. All these forces, it become soon appaiant, were directed agsinst Mr. Calhoun, and produced a ireraeodous effect. It is impossible for me heie to iepeat a tenth pait of what be said, bul some points which fell like bomb shells into the Calhoun camp, I will endeavor to ie-produea. Us reproached the South wilb fitst forcing a southern gentleman aud a slaveholder upon tha Union, and then making the noith responsible for his act. "Genet a Taylor, said he, "it a southern man aod a slaveholder! this southern roan sends another southern man and a slaveholder, (Mr. King, of Georgia,) to California, who succeeds so far as to have a constitution brought bets by two other southern men and slaveholders, (Mr. Gwm and Mr. Ircraont,; and yet wnen all these things aie done by southern men and slaveholders, the southern men and slaveholders err oat againss tha ggret'ions of ihswoaTH." This wa s tremendous hit, and went right boms to Gov. Brown sod bis colleagues. ' Tha next blow was playfully struck. He ridiculed Mr. Clingrneo's notion about lbs Yankee girl who refused to walk or be gallanted, or eourted, or the Lmd knows what, by a Southern Senatnr. because he was a slaveholder.. Col. Bissel said that tha Yankee girls or spinsteis were "full of oolionsj" one of these being that of doing about such matters as the gentleman related, just as they pleased, as had probably been experienced by many members now oa tha floor. He hoped they would not have a Trojia war about this modera Helen. This crested some hilarity. A third hit, which came down with a crash, wss thisi The gentleman fiom North Carolina (Mr. Venable) har told the House a rtty sir two ago, that if, after lire separation of tbe Uoinn, ao abolitionist should be found South, ho was for hsnging him on the spoL "Very well," said Col. BisteL I presume the first man hung would be the immoital Mr. Clay, and soma ten thousand Kentuckians with him, who have voted for emancipation at the last electron.' It would be a fine spectacle, Indeed, to eee so many men huog at oneej I, .onia .v. v4i mrh a ronaamnlioB of the Keoluckv staple, (hemp,) that it was hoped the oeiegatmn irom A.eotuckywnuld no longer isquire an annual contract for hemp with the Navy Department. (Hers the ladies In the gallery almost eriedj but tht members nn ins a.ior.ana a great many Senator amongst them, almost burat into a borte-laugh.) Cot. Bissel leveled hit cannoo agiin. Said he t Tha gantleman from North Carolina called this (Washington City) southern groond; and that that ths South could be able to maintain it against the North and against all hazudi. He had na doubt they weie brave aod valiant men, and tbat they had not deteiioiated since 1814. when 4000 Englishman, fsgjed out by a long eiuise io the Potomac, landed with ihree pieees of artillery, burnt the archives, and left the Capitol a smonldeiing ruin. (Piofound silence and internal reflections.) . As tn the idea of a "Southern Confederacy," Col. Bissel treated il with ineffable scorn and contempt, emphatiing it in a most hateful manner- Minoi, be said, had lurnihed nine regiments in the war of Mexico, tha would double, nay triple snd qnadruple that Dumber, to match whetever the government might direct to preserve the Union. The hsrdett blw he struck wat against "Southern Chivalry. He laughed lbs idea t seorn that one portion of the Union had mora courage than tha other. He did not doubt Southera bravery, Ihe hist-ny of the country gave abundant proofs of itj but ha nevertheless believed the Southern chivalry were guilty ef twa miatakea the first cootistrd in undervaluing bo bravery of others, the other he need not mention. Io conclusion, he alluded to an histoikal fact which created some sensation. He spoke of the bat-le r Buena Vista, where tha gallant Colonel had so signally distinguished himself Without tbe report of General Taylor doing him Just icet but hs was esiefol not to introduce bim If He merely spoke of tha fart that when tha Indian Regiment, br tha awkwardness of its leaders, gave way, it was not Soathaia chivalry which gained ihe day, but Notthern valor, ths Illinois Regiment and another Indiana Regiment, with a portion of tha Kentucky Regiment, coming to the lescna and driving back the Mexkrantj while the Miisisippi Regiment stood a mile off sod had not pulled a trtgrjr. This was "a little more grape" iota Col. Davis's war horse, which at tha

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rcech wnich tan adequately convey an idea of the aoit of ' rtilii,m.f I Ih.v .mf.ffmA Int, f k.t Ro-t was overwhelmed, bat not at oncei Mr. W. cut him to piccet by the inch; paoting every fire miuntet to that pea hi knife, to recommence opciaiiont with additional gusto. He said that (he Ftee Soil paity, piepeily so called, under the rloak of pMlanlhionjr. did more teal iul.ational mischief, weie guilty of geater calumt.iet, and weie instigated by more despicable selfishness than any reguhily orgtnized paity that ever existed immense applue from tbe galieiies He compared Ihem (after Euikr) with half a dozen gtashoppers, buzzing and humming thiough a field, and making more noie than a thousand beadi of caitle quietly (ceding on tlie glass He wuubl follow no such lead ha bad no connection with them, and he considered them a nnitance eren lo the vciy principle tbey piocUimed, metely to mane capital ont ol it to tatiily their sordid telfishnett. On the whole this was a good day's wuik, and if the belaboiing of the two extremes will biiog the centre togeth er, we need not regret tbe seventy if cxeculioo, which, on a less serious occasion, would, pci haps, be inexcusable. OBSERVER. For the State Sentinel. The Whig Resolutions. Messrs. Editors : The latest promulgation of the creed, or Confession of Faith of the whig party of Indiana, was mads by the members or the legislature, belonging to that party, a Bhor! time previous to the elope of the late sessiou. The resolutions adopted are so mealy, so pleasant and so palatable, that a body would hardly suppose that hereafter butter would melt in a whig's mouth. Why, at this rate, whigism is getting to be more Loco-focoish than Lo-co-focoism itself. A bad memory is a mis fortunes to anyb'dy mere especially to political leaders and as our good whig friends have forgotten the faith of their fathers, we propose refreshing their memories in a few particulars. Every body remembers the hurricane of 1840. when the whigs had every thing their own way holding in their own hands the Executive, Judicial and Legisi .- o. . ni i 'ye authorities ol the State. They had a quorum of both branches of the legislature, and could have transacted business if every poor Loco Foco, (that's what they called em,) who survived the tempest, had gone homo to his constituents and many an insult would the poor fellows have escaped if they had done . a . so. Whiggery was rampant whigjery strutted like a cock on a dunghill. Then was the time for whig. gery to show its band, and it did so. In that Legislature were men who then were, and now are leaders of the party ; such men as Samuel Judah, Caleb B. Smith, John A. Matson, Samuel Brenton, Thomas D. Walpole, Thomas Dowling, John B. Howe, Wm. M. Ray burn, and John D. De frees ; and under the leadership of such men, they placed upon record, upon the Journals of the Legislature, these declarations of whig principles. First, of a National Bank. "Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, that the establishment of a National Bank, with such capital, and with such power, and under such restrictions as will render it a safe and convenient instrument for the receipt, keeping and disbursement of the public money, ard as will enable it to afford a safe and convenient paper currency, as well aa a moderato and regular a yet em of domestic exchanges, is within the power of the general government, and PROPER and EXPEDIENT." So rniicli for the Knnk, and then of course they gave the Suh-Trt asury a regular s-ockdologer, in this wise : "Be it resolved that 'ur Senators in Congress and Representatives be requested to procure, if possible, by their exerti ns, at as early a day as may be in their power, a repeal of a bill passed at the last resI,,,, f 1ne Congrees of the United States, known as t,JC In(epcndcrit Treasury b.ll." Then came the subject of distributing the proceeds f the public lands, which they disposed f as follows: "That we recommend an immediate separation of the proceeds of the s-nle of the public lands from the other revenues of the povcrnment, and that the s-ame be distributed, after deducting the expense of a-elling the same, among the several States, similar in its provisions, to Mr. Clay's land bill," &.c. Such were whig principles when whiggery had no concealments, when the leaders of the party dare openly and honestly avow their principles. Have they tharged ! Have they "progressed V or, do ihey still hold to these doctrines, and fear to promulgate them ? I believe the latter I believe with Jefferson that 'Federalism is Federalism, by whatever name yon call it ; and I hope tiie Democracy of the State will hold them to the issue. The Whigs will make a desperate effort to carry the Convention and the next Legislature. They may succeed, but if they do, let it be upon th true issues between the parties, and not upon such is ties as they may deem politic for the lime to make. Let no man be deceived ! The Lawrence Täagedy. The Boston Mail of Feb. 24.! h contains a detailed account of the Coroner's Inquest and verdict cn the body of Mis Catherine D. Adams, supposed to have been receutly murdered at Lawrence, Mass. The Mail says: "Tha bandages upon the face of the deceased were discovered to consist of four thicknesses of cotton cloth, with cotton wadding underneath, the latter forced into tha moath and nostrils, and the whole fattened with a strong cord tied round her neck, sufficient to produce strsngulstion instantly. So tightly, indeed, was the cord drawn, that it was almost buried in tha flesh back of the neck, and exhibited deep indentations in tha cotton and balling with which tha unhappy girl waa strangled ! Some faint scratches appeared upoo tbe face, and the forehead exhibited marks of blows, but the skull was ttsf fractured, as at first reported, and tha esamininj physiciana gave it as their opinion, that tha wounds upoo tha head were not, alons, sufficient to cause death. It was ths supposition of tha medical gentlemen that the blows were given to put aa and to her etrutgles, while tha murderers were proceeding in their work of strangulation with the cotton cloth ! A f urther examination of tha body brought to light practices surpassing in inhuman barbarity, it possible, what we have already detailed of this heart-sickening sod terrible tragedy. Tits evidence before the Coroner upon this point wa forbear to give. It is too horrible to contemplate ! Tha investigations nf the Coroner continued from Monday until about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a verdict was rendered. It was shown that deceased had been intimate for something more than a year past with a men keeping stable in Lswrence, named Darius Taylor; that this intimacy first began in Lowell, tha daceased being at that time a factory girl in that city. She subsequently came to Lawrence and worked io tha mills, but owing to her intimacy with Taylor, (to whom it was reported she wss about to be married,) she neglected her duties and was discharged. After passing some weeks in Boston with her friends, deceased again made ber aptiearanca in Lawrence, and on tha evening ol 21st Dec. ast was seen to enter tha bouaa of Dr. Moses P. Clark, since which it does not appear that she has been seen alivo. Among the witnesses called was Taylor, the lover of tha girl, who was examined at considerable length. This witness made no attempt to deny tha intimacy which had ext. led between tha deceased and himself, and that ba advised ber to consult a physician. Alter a full and careful investigation, the Jury of Inquest rendered the following verdict: "That Catharine L. Adams came to her deam between toa evening 01 tue j yiat uecemoer aai paai anu m uiu vi ui, lunowing, j (1S50,) at the house of Moses P. Clark, in Lawrence, by means or an attempt io procura sumi. miioww y m blow or blows on the head with soma weapon or instrument, and by suffocation from tha application of cotton cloth over the mouth, dona by some person or persons to tha Jury unknown." Dr. Clark and his wife had beea previously arrested, snd after the rendition of tha above verdict they ware arraigned on the charge of murder before tha Police Justics, snd their examination assigned for Tuesday next. The approaching election is of such rast importance that we feel a greater than usual anxiety in securing the best men in the county to fill the different stations ; we shall therefore, from time to time express our opinion about the matter until tbe convention meets, hoping that our bumble advice will be well recnived. By the convention system of bringing candidates before the people for their suffrages, if conducted on honorable principles, the best men of the party are chosen as their leaders and law-makers, and all Ihe different interests of the party are thus honorably united in the general cauie of the party. The time ties been when a person who' was desirous of securing an office could do so by furnishing dinners and grog to a certain kind of politicians who could influence enough votes to select a delegation in each township pledged in favor of their particular patron but that time has gone by. Lnwrencehurgh Register. Or The railroad from Xenia to Columbus ia completed, and the trains are now running regularly from Cincinnati through. We shall go to Columbus some day I Hurrah ! " m . . -I ...... rII A .